As a child of immigrants, 'I was raised by TV,' said Mindy Kaling, actor and advisor to the school. 'But I had no access' to the industry.
"But I had no access" to the industry, Kaling added."And that’s what’s amazing about this school is we’re going to try to provide that.”
Creative Artists Agency co-chairman Bryan Lourd is also on the school's advisory board, along with executives from FOX Entertainment, the A+E Networks Group, Working Title Films and Paramount.The TV and film industry has also been repeatedly criticized forThe studios, agencies and Hollywood unions involved in Roybal have pooled more than $4 million in financial support for the school — and Clooney said these players have also promised to help the magnet in other ways.
“When our first group [of students] is graduating and has been through the course," Clooney said,"there’s going to be internships and apprenticeships and actual jobs, that are going to lead to better and better jobs so we can change the complexity of this industry from the start — from freshman year in high school.”
Roybal currently has about 1,000 students. The process for relaunching the school began under previous superintendent Austin Beutner, who
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